Zip a Directory Tree

Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .zip archive.

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use chilkat();

$zip = new chilkat::CkZip();

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $zip->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $zip->NewZip("test.zip");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
#  not read the file contents or append them to the zip
#  object in memory.  It simply appends references
#  to the files so that when WriteZip or WriteZipAndClose
#  is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
#  into the .zip output file.

$recurse = 1;
$success = $zip->AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",$recurse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Zip Created!" . "\n";